B&E Convictions Count for ACCA Status

The 4th Circuit affirms a defendant’s firearm-possession sentence as an Armed Career Criminal based on his three prior North Carolina convictions for “breaking or entering” in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-54(a).
The question presented here is a simple one: does North Carolina’s “breaking or entering” offense qualify as burglary and thus, as a predicate ...